The stories collected by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm in the early 19th century reflected life as known to the German people of the time - fantastic, yet often unpredictable and pernicious. Patriotic folklorists, they began their collection of tales with the intent of preserving the endangered German oral tradition from a Napoleonic rule intent on suppressing local culture. From their earliest release and translation, conservative parents and ecclesiastics disparaged the tales for their vestigial, raw, Gothic content and the brothers and a myriad of editors began to soften them to demure morality and sweetness to make appeal to the upper classes what began as earthy peasant fare. This is no such revision, sanitized of objectionable material; these are the grimmest. Cannibalism, child abuse, dismemberment, slaughter of innocents, the walking dead &amp; deals with the devil are all prevalent in these lesser-known works of the brothers Grimm, here lushly illustrated for the sick little monkey that is your inner child. Featuring 94 illustrations by Terry Beal, Benchacco, Jon Ferril, Luc Hebert, Kelly Levy, Kathryn McLaughlin, Karen Petroff, Katy Rose &amp; Cyrus Rua.

The Grimmest of Grimm

Literature & Fiction

Jacob, Grimm

Wilhelm, Grimm

Classics

Lysander Press

An innocent's wish, once granted, gives rise to one of literature's most memorable villains in Oscar Wilde's tale of prodigal aestheticism, "The Picture of Dorian Gray." Under the tutelage of Lord Henry Wotton, Dorian is lead into a double life - a surface of eternal youth in prim Victorian society barely concealing an existence of decadence, vice and moral decay. The chilling narrative and Wilde's faerie tale collection, "The Happy Prince" are richly illustrated by Cyrus Rua ("The Grimmest of Grimm.") As an added bonus, this volume also features the original Lippincott's Monthly edition of "The Picture of Dorian Gray" as it first appeared in 1890. Life is a question of nerves, and fibres, and slowly built-up cells in which thought hides itself and passion has its dreams. "The Picture of Dorian Gray" is the tale of a life ungoverned by will or intention as a single man witnesses, through a chilling portrait, the destruction of his own soul.

The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Tales

Wilde, Monsieur Oscar

Contemporary

When the geese and the grandparents fly south, the 10,000 lakes freeze over, the radio plays "Valkin' in my Vinter Undervear," and your breath is visible but your face isn't, it's Kris-Moose time in Minnesota. Join us for a truly unique peek at holiday time "Up Nort." Brought to you in living Minnesotan. Yumpin' Yiminy, it's a hoot!

Da Night Before Kris-Moose (a Christmas Poem in the Original Minnesotan)

Foy, Terry

Mythology & Folk Tales

Imagine you play a musical instrument so rare no one knows it exists... Inspiration comes through people, not from people. It comes from another place and does not belong to you. It is meant to be shared with everyone. The Bell Man is the autobiography of Frank DellaPenna, the creator of one of the most unique musical acts ever witnessed: Cast in Bronze - combining the magical sound of a rarely seen medieval instrument of bells called a carillon with other instruments for the first time in history. He reveals secrets of his past, and walks you through his life's journey that ultimately led him to his destiny. This book will inspire anyone who has a dream...

The Bell Man - The Autobiography of the Man Who Created Cast in Bronze

Biographies & Memoirs

DellaPenna, Frank

Arts & Literature

Compleat Dice - Being a Book of Instructions on Games of Dice: Or the Compleat Rules for All Manner of Usual and Genteel Games Wherein the Player May

Humor & Entertainment

Puzzles & Games

The Adventures of Don Juan and Miguel

Science Fiction & Fantasy

ROBERT E. VARDEMAN

Fantasy

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